Anarchy, Geography, Modernity is the first comprehensive introduction to the thoughts and philosophy of Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), the great French anarchist geographer and political theorist. Reclus is best known for Universal Geography, a masterwork that he spent two decades completing. This volume analyses Universal Geography and presents his ground-breaking critique of all forms of domination: not only capitalism, the state and authoritarian religion, but also patriarchy, racism, technological domination and the domination of nature.
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Anarchy, Geography, Modernity is the first comprehensive introduction to the thoughts and philosophy of Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), the great French anarchist geographer and political theorist. Reclus is best known for Universal Geography, a masterwork that he spent two decades completing. This volume analyses Universal Geography and presents his ground-breaking critique of all forms of domination: not only capitalism, the state and authoritarian religion, but also patriarchy, racism, technological domination and the domination of nature.